December 10, 2024
Inside Philanthropy: As a Second Trump Presidency Looms, California Funders Prepare for the Next Four Years
California is […] uniquely qualified to resist Trump’s agenda, which promises to be hostile toward immigrants, LBGTQ communities, reproductive rights, public education, and yes — to California itself. […] “We also want to be in a posture where we can be responsive and nimble to what we are seeing to provide additional support,” said San Francisco Foundation CEO Fred Blackwell. To be responsive, he added, funders have to be in close proximity to communities and to have their ears to the ground. “This is not the time for us to retreat into our ivory towers… We need to stand shoulder to shoulder with folks who are on the ground.”
